Chris Barber
Chris Barber
Top Songs
| 1 | Ice Cream | ||
| 2 | If I Ever Cease to Love | ||
| 3 | Battersea Rain Dance / Crocker's Eleven | ||
| 4 | Double Check Stomp | ||
| 5 | April Showers |
Albums
Jul 2024 • 8 songs
May 2022 • 109 songs
Nov 2021 • 1 song
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About
Biography
Trombonist and bandleader Chris Barber spearheaded the Anglo-European trad jazz movement during the late '50s and early '60s and devoted 60 years to the endless celebration of old-fashioned music. Barber initially broke through in the '50s releasing albums like 1954's New Orleans Joys, which spawned the Lonnie Donegan skiffle classic "Rock Island Line. He also scored a Top 20 U.K. hit in 1959 with "Petite Fleur," a cover of the Sydney Bechet song featuring clarinetist Monty Sunshine. But that's only part of his story. Even as he presided over that transatlantic response to the...